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Police: Armed robber injured in police shooting

Two Baltimore County police detectives open fire on an armed robbery suspect during a traffic stop early Friday morning.

Updated: 5:40 PM EDT Oct 11, 2013

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Police: Armed robber injured in police shooting

Two Baltimore County police detectives open fire on an armed robbery suspect during a traffic stop early Friday morning.

Updated: 5:40 PM EDT Oct 11, 2013

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Police: Armed robber injured in police shooting

Two Baltimore County police detectives open fire on an armed robbery suspect during a traffic stop early Friday morning.

Updated: 5:40 PM EDT Oct 11, 2013

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WEBVTT SCENE TO CARRY STRANDED RIDERS. AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT IS IN HOSPITAL. TWO COUNTY DETECTIVES OPENED FIRE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THIS MORNING. BARRY SIMMS JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH MORE ON WHAT WE HAVE UNCOVERED. BOTH WERE COUNTY POLICE TELL US THEY ARE INVOLVED IN A LARGE-SCALE INVESTIGATION. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT WHEN HE DROVE BY. WHEN HE REACHED FOR WEAPON DETECTIVES FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES AND OPENED FIRE. IT STARTED AS A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND ENDED WITH TWO DETECTIVES FIRING SHOTS, WINNING THE SUSPECT. THE FLEEING VEHICLE CRASHING INTO THE JERSEY WALL. IT BEGAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF PULASKI HIGHWAY WHEN OFFICERS SAW AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT. THEY FOLLOWED HIS VEHICLE AND WAITED UNTIL HE STOPPED THE A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THEY APPROACHED HIS VEHICLE ON FOOT IN ORDER TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. WERE THERE OTHER CARS AROUND AT THE TIME? WRECKS HE WAS STOPPED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. WITNESSES HEARD THREE SHOTS. THE SUSPECT TOOK OFF GETTING A MILE AND A HALF DOWN THE ROAD. NEAR THE INTERSECTION. HE BE OLD OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE OFFICER CHASED HIM ON FOOT. HIS VEHICLE CONTINUED DRIFTING UNTIL IT STRUCK THE JERSEY WALL. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND SAY HE SUFFERED A NONTHREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND. THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE DETECTIVES WERE IN THE AREA AS PART OF A LARGER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. WE ALSO HAD OUR TACTICAL OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES WHO SERVED ADDITIONAL SEARCH WARRANT AT THE COLONY MOTEL IN REFERENCE TO THIS INVESTIGATION. SO FAR NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. ONE OFFICER WAS INJURED AND THE POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING IS BEING REVIEWED BY THE HOMICIDE